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September 11, 1971 On this day, Mary C. Manning, regional director of the Women's Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor, delivered the keynote speech at a symposium held in the Lecture Hall. The theme of the symposium was "Opportunities and Responsibilities for Women in Higher Education." Ms. Manning's topic was "Women: An Academic Resource." The... Read More

September 10, 1971On this day, the Classroom-Administration Building on the IUPUI campus was renamed Cavanaugh Hall.In the 1960s, Indiana University leaders planned to move university units scattered around Indianapolis to the near-west-side area on West Michigan Street where the IU Medical Center was located, thereby creating an IU-Indianapolis campus.... Read More

September 9, 1987 On this day, a bizarre prank took place on campus. IUPUI police went to University Library (now Taylor Hall) to investigate complaints regarding a pig's head found in a library elevator. According to The Sagamore, the student newspaper which covered the incident, students had discovered the appendage late in the afternoon and notified... Read More

September 8, 1979 On this day, the IUPUI Metros baseball team played their first game as a varsity team, defeating Purdue University-Northwest at Michigan City by the score of 23 to 11. The team also won the second game of the double-header, which was called after five innings due to the length of the games owing to the plethora of runs scored.IUPUI... Read More

September 7, 1980 On this day, dignitaries dedicated a new addition to the Veterans Administration Medical Center on West 10th Street, adjacent to the IU Medical Center. Among the speakers at the ceremony was Richard L. Roudebush (1918-1995), a former Indiana congressman and administrator of Veterans Affairs in the administration of President... Read More

September 6, 1991 On this day, United States vice-president Dan Quayle, alumnus of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis (now IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law), visited IUPUI to receive the 1991 Distinguished Alumnus Service Award from the law school.Born James Danforth Quayle in Indianapolis, after college at DePauw University he enrolled at the IU... Read More

September 5, 1988 On this day, in a feat of student-journalism investigative reporting, The Sagamore, the IUPUI student newspaper, reported that newspaper staff had deployed several radon-testing devices in three campus buildings during the summer. Sagamore reporter Scott Abel wrote that the newspaper office in the basement of Cavanaugh Hall tested... Read More

September 4, 1986 On this day, newly appointed Indiana University vice president and IUPUI chancellor Gerald Bepko addressed the IUPUI faculty and focused on two major commitments: to improve IUPUI undergraduate education and to build a new "main campus library."Bepko's speech was his first public address since succeeding Glenn W. Irwin as IUPUI... Read More

September 3, 1992On this day, the 1992 Paralympics commenced in Barcelona, Spain, and two IUPUI students were there to compete.Frank L. Epperson, Jr., a 26-year-old senior physical education major, was in Barcelona to compete in the 100, 200, and 400-meter wheelchair racing events. He had won a bronze medal in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea in... Read More

September 2, 1977On this day, Dr. Steven C. Beering, dean of the IU School of Medicine, announced the establishment of a Diabetes Research and Training Center through a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The three-year grant, initiated by Dr. Charles M. Clark in the Department of Medicine, was awarded in a national... Read More